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<p>
      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polymorphic_cast</span></code> was suggested
      by Bjarne Stroustrup in "The C++ Programming Language".
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      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polymorphic_downcast</span></code> was contributed
      by <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/dave_abrahams.htm" target="_top">Dave Abrahams</a>.
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      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polymorphic_pointer_downcast</span></code>
      was contributed by <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/boris_rasin.htm" target="_top">Boris
      Rasin</a> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polymorphic_pointer_cast</span></code>
      by Antony Polukhin.
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      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">polymorphic_downcast</span></code> overload
      for references was contributed by Julien Delacroix.
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<p>
      An old <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">numeric_cast</span></code> that was
      contributed by <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/kevlin_henney.htm" target="_top">Kevlin
      Henney</a> is now superseded by the <a href="../../../numeric_conversion/doc/html/html/boost_numericconversion/improved_numeric_cast__.html" target="_top">Boost
      Numeric Conversion Library</a>
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